Sandia Peak

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San·di·a Peak

or San·di·a Crest  (săn-dē′ə)
A mountain, 3,255 m (10,678 ft) high, in the Sandia Mountains of north-central New Mexico northeast of Albuquerque.
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Another great area pit stop is the Sandia Peak Tramway, which transports riders across three miles of beautiful mountains to the Sandia Peak of the Cibola National Forest.
-- An ecstatic New Mexico couple who got engaged on top of Sandia Peak had to curtail their celebrations after getting stuck for hours because of high winds.
Ford is a Snowboard Level II Certified Instructor who began his career at Sandia Peak Ski Area in New Mexico and currently teaches at Okemo Mountain Resort in Ludlow, Vermont.
Jusqu'ici, c'est le telepherique de Sandia Peak, au Nouveau Mexique (Etats-Unis), qui etait le plus long du monde (4,3 kilometres).
A must for any visitor is a ride on the Sandia Peak Tram, a cable car that climbs 10,378 feet to an observation point overlooking the city - and desert beyond.
What friends don't know about him: He once tried to start a union among employees at Sandia Peak, the ski area closest to his childhood home in New Mexico
The world's longest double reversible bi-cable aerial tramway, the wheelchair-accessible Sandia Peak Tram, travels 2.7 miles from the base of the foothills northeast of the city to the top of the 10,400-foot-high Sandia Peak.
The system provides the muscle that transports a tram 2.7 miles to the top of Sandia Peak, where, at 10,378 feet, the view is heavenly.
Sandia Peak is gnarled inside as these wrists that weave.
Just then the other WSO announced the Minimum Safe Altitude (MSA) for Albuquerque was 12,000 feet on account of cumulogranite known as Sandia Peak, which crests at 10,852 feet.
Snowshoes are offered in winter months and can be enjoyed in the nearby Sandia Mountains (accessible via the Sandia Peak Tramway) or the Jemez Mountains.
The tramway across the Vorotan River gorge in the country's south spans 5.7 kilometers (3.5 miles), Armenian officials said, longer than the 4.5-kilometer (2.7-mile) Sandia Peak Tramway at the eastern edge of Albuquerque, known as the world's longest passenger tramway.
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